May 30: 1728 chose C. Bulman to serve the remr of his time with 1707 Nathaniel Shaw Son of John Shaw of Denton in the Att a Meeting 13 Sep 1709 John Carnaby Son of Wm Carnaby of the Town & County Att a Meeting 3 May 1710 Henry Martin Son of Mark Martin of the town & County August 31 1717 1709 1710 John ffrench son of Josuah ffrench late of Leamington dec apprentice to Jona" ffrench of New Castle upon Tine Goldsmith for seaven years from 8th May 1717 November 11: 1717 William Dalton son of Roger Dalton Late of New Castle Baker ffebry 34 1717 Wm Ramsay son of John Ramsay late a free Bro" of May 5: 1718 George Bulman son of George apprentice to ffrancis 1713 Att a meeting Dec 18: 1718 the 8d Wm Whitfeild came into full Company & made choice of Jona" ffrench to serve the remain of his time with. May 3d 1720 Thomas Makepeace Son of Thos Makepeace Gentl' decd apprentice to Robt Makepeace for 7 years from ffeb 9 1719 apprentice fee twenty pounds. November 11: 1720 Isaac Cookson son of William Cookson of penrith gentl' apprentice to ffrancis Batty for seven years from the first day of october 1720 apprentice fee thirty five pounds. May 3a 1722 George Hymers son of Geo. Hymers late of Newcastle Skinner apprentice to Jonathan ffrench for seven years from the 30th of August 1721 : apprentice fee twenty five pounds. November 11: 1723: George Hetherington son of Nich® Hetherington late of Brampton in Gilsland in the County of Cumberland yeom deed apprentice to ffran: Batty for seven years from the 30th of October 1723 apprentice fee thirty pounds/ ffeb 2: 1724 John Younghusband Son of John Younghusband late of Newcastle Goldsmith deca Apprentice to James Kirkupp for seaven years from the 18th day of Nov 1724 apprentice ffee twenty five pounds. APPENDIX.-EXTRACTS FROM MINUTE BOOK. Augt 1st 1727 Edward Son of William ffrench apprentice to May 6 1728 Robt Aynsley Son of Wm Aynsley Apprentice to 2d ffebry 1730 NB He Imbezill Several parcels of his Masters 2d ffebry 1730 NB He Imbezell'd Severall parcells of his Masters Novemb 11 1728 Hesilrigg Metcalfe son of Rich Metcalfe of 3 May 1732 George Lawes Son of Matthew Lawes of Willington Eodm die Edward Gill Son of John Gill of New Castle upon Tyne Smith app' to Geo Bullman Goldsmith for 7 years from the 19th May 1731 Eodm die John Langlands Son of Reignold Langlands Langlands Eodm die Stephen Buckle Son of Joseph Buckle of the City of Tho Flecher Son of Tho Fletcher Brick-layer of the town & county of Newcastle upon Tyne Apprentice to Mr Robt Makepeace of ye said town ffor 7 years May ye 1 1731 Apprentice ffee fforty pounds 13th ffebr' 1732 Jeremiah Peat Son of Thos peat of Hawksdale in the County of Cumberland apprentice to Mr James Kirkup of New Castle upon Tyne Goldsmith for 7 years from 12th october 1732 4th May 1733 Thomas Blackett son of Thomas Blackett of Sedgefield in the County of Durham yeom apprentice to Mr Robert Makepeace of New Castle upon Tyne, Goldsmith for seven years from 25th day of June 1732 William Wilkinson son of William Wilkinfon apprentice to Robt Makepeace for seven years from the first day of Jany 1732 apprentice fee twenty pounds Robert Peat Son of Thomas Peat of Hawxdale in the County of Cumberland Miller Apprentice to Mr James Kirkupp of the Town and County of New Castle upon Tyne Goldsmith for seven years from 25th Day of December in the year of our Lord 1733 Charles Story Son of Robt Story Cord-Winder of New Castle upon Tyne Apprentice to Mr George Bulman of the Town and County of New Castle upon Tyne Gold Smith for tenn years from the 3 of Dec 1735 John Laws Son of Mathew Laws of Swalwel aprentiss to George Bulman Goldsmith for seven year from ye Twenty Third of Aprill 1737 fee Thirty Pounds. 439 November 12: 1740 Rob Scott son of Andrew Scott yeman aprentis to James Kirkup Goldsmith for seven years from the Twenty fixth day of Aprill 1740 Augt 3 1742 Martin Hixon Son of John Hixon of Sedgefeild aprentis to Febr 2: 1742 Robt Sharp Son of Robert Sharp of Stanington Yeaman aprentifs to George Bulman from yo 29 May 1742 May yo 2: 1744 John Goodrick Son of Frans Goodrick of Clifton Timothy Williamson Son of Dorothy Williams Aprentis to James Robt Makepeace Son of Robt Makepeace Goldsmith Thos Make- May 3: 1745 Thos Gill Son of Edward Gill Goldsmith was this day Enterd John Bell Son of the late Christ Bell aprentis to Isaac Cookson Wm George Chalmers Son of the Revd Mr Chalmers of Kirk- Wm Curry Son of William Curry Smith aprentice to Mr Rob James Robinson Son of John Robinson of Watermelock aprentice Robert Mitchel fon of Robert Mitchel of New Castle Apprentice Rob Scott Son of Robt Scott of Kirkoswald in the County of Ralph Maddison son of the Revd Mr Thos Maddison of Gateshead Geo Dixon Son of Thos Dixon of Kirkoswell in the County of Deserted his Masters service on the 12th of Dec. 1767 so will be Jn Mitchinson Son of Jn° Mitchinson of Gatifide in the County XXVI. NOTE ON A FRAGMENT OF A ROMAN LORICA, OR CUIRASS OF BRONZE SCALE-ARMOUR, FROM THE WALL TURRET ON WALLTOWN CRAG. BY THE REV. G. ROME HALL, F.S.A. [Read on the 31st January, 1894.] LAST summer, in the middle of July, when staying at Gilsland, I had the opportunity of again revisiting the important but now nearly obliterated Roman station of MAGNA (Caervoran), and the line of the Roman Wall along the picturesque Nine Nicks of Thirlwall.' In the Handbook of the Roman Wall (3rd edition, page 185), it will be remembered that our late friend and venerated vice-president, Dr. Bruce, speaks of the interesting discovery, in the autumn of 1883, of a wall turret laid bare on the westernmost height of these great basaltic crags, not far from Caer voran. No trace of it, however, is now to be found, as it was soon after entirely demolished by the whinstone quarrymen. Dr. Bruce denounces in terms not too strong, we shall probably all admit, an act of vandalism which might easily have been avoided. As the quarry is an extensive one it was understood,' he writes, that the turret would be spared, and that other portions of the cliff would be submitted to the operations of the miner. Not so, however; this priceless memorial of our country's early history has been utterly destroyed. The discovery of this turret led to the enquiry as to whether there might not be some others to the east of it. Mr. Clayton sent his chief explorator Tailford to examine the cliff. He found two others. Seeing, however, the fate of this one, it will be well to let them enjoy the protection of the soil which now covers them, until England becomes an educated nation.' At the monthly meeting of our Society in October, 1892, we had the pleasure of listening to our colleague Mr. J. P. Gibson's graphic and interesting lecture on his then recent excavation, under the auspices of our Society, of one of the turrets in question, and of the murus and vallum in its neighbourhood, excellently illustrated as it E 3 VOL. XVI. was by a series of photographs. As it is presumed that the two wall turrets, one on the Walltown crag and the other on Mucklebank, the latter being the one excavated, were those which Tailford had found a few years earlier, we may hopefully conclude that the archaeological education of this northern portion at least of our country had considerably advanced in the interval. In passing along the rugged heights, crowned by well-preserved portions of the Roman Wall, as we were glad to see it on that lovely summer morning, we came to the turret a little distance westwards from the Walltown farmhouse. It was here, not on Mucklebank where the Roman centurial stone was discovered in the turret set like an eagle's eyrie on the almost inaccessible crag above King Arthur's Well,' that the rarely-found fragment of Roman scale-armour, which I now exhibit, was discovered. In the débris thrown out of the Wall turret by the quarrymen, in some impromptu diggings, on to the southern slope, it was only natural for a passing antiquary to search a little, especially as the winter frosts and rains had disintegrated the mass since the partial excavation had been effected in the previous summer. Of course, it was certain that hardly anything large or important could have escaped the vigilance of the self-appointed excavators;1 but by the help of the only implement at hand, a walking-stick, a few small fragments of Roman pottery, smother-kiln' and other kinds (but no trace of Samian), soon appeared to view. Among these indications of ancient habitation and the use of amphorae, mortaria, and different fictile vessels, of which perhaps more and larger traces since taken away would be found in the year preceding, I noticed a tinge of green rust denoting the oxide of bronze. After a little careful manipulation three scales or plates of a Roman lorica or cuirass came to light. (Full size.) As you will perceive, they are fastened together securely by fine but strong bronze wire; and the holes for attachment to the leathern or linen tunic or lining, two on each scale, the first still perfect, those on the second and third I have not heard what they found here, if they indeed found anything which they would consider valuable. A careful excavation would probably be well rewarded. |